Strength in Numbers

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Strength in Numbers

Bob Weinstein

December 17, 2009





Keeping your job when others around you are being laid off isn’t easy. A 30-year Gallup survey ("Investing in Strengths”) of more than two million workers revealed that employees who refined their talents stood a better chance of being promoted than employees who turned weaknesses into strengths.
 
More specifically, rather than boning up on several skills, employees who demonstrate proficiency in one or two areas--areas that also happen to be critical to organizational success--are in the best shape.
 
Start by thinking of yourself as a business and your employer as an investor, advises Vaughan Evans, economist, business strategist and author of Backing U! A Business-Oriented Guide to Backing Your Passion and Achieving Career Success.



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